Epidemiology of concomitant infection due to Loa loa and Mansonella perstans in Gabon.

• Main Authors: Jean Paul Akue (Author), Dieudonné Nkoghe (Author), Cindy Padilla (Author), Ghislain Moussavou (Author), Hubert Moukana (Author), Roger Antoine Mbou (Author), Benjamin Ollomo (Author), Eric Maurice Leroy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: The filarial parasites Loa loa and Mansonnella perstans are endemic in the central and western African forest block. Loa loa is pathogenic and represents a major obstacle to the control of co-endemic filariae because its treatment can cause fatal complications such as encephalitis. METHO...